> three or four thousand people get jobs Many of those people already had jobs cleaning carpets for KeyServ (or Flagship Cleaning Services Inc. as it appeared

> three or four thousand people get jobs Many of those people already had jobs cleaning carpets for KeyServ (or Flagship Cleaning Services Inc. as it appeared to be called at the time according to the WSJ article). They weren't going to suddenly gain new ones from a change in ownership. > the income tax people collect taxes Again, they're already collecting those taxes from the employees of KeyServ. > America gets its carpets cleaned Already getting them cleaned by KeyServ, and many other independent companies. I guess the stockholders would have indeed made money though. At least they got a write-off from the loss though.